The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a change of title of the upcoming Akshay Kumar-starrer on Prithiviraj Chauhan [Rashtriya Pravasi Parishad (Regd) and Ors v Union of India and Ors]..A Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Neena Bansal Krishna said that it will not issue notice on the PIL and threatened to impose costs, after which the counsel withdrew the petition..The petition, filed by an NGO named Rashtriya Pravasi Parishad, argued that the movie is simply titled Prithviraj, which is an affront to the king who ruled a large part of India with Delhi as his capital.“We only want the movie to have a suitable title to honour the king who ruled for nearly 26 years. In its present form, the movie is lowering the dignity of King Prithviraj Chauhan. This is in contravention of laws and therefore hurts the sentiments of the people,” the counsel argued.The petitioners had arrayed the Union of India as well as the filmmakers as respondents in the case..The movie is set to release on April 1. Apart from Kumar, it also stars Manushi Chhillar, Sanjay Dutt, Ashutosh Rana and Ali Fazal, among many others..The Supreme Court recently refused to stall the release of Alia-Bhatt starrer Gangubai Kathiawadi, which was released on February 25. This, after the Court asked during a previous hearing if it was possible to change the title of the movie.
The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a change of title of the upcoming Akshay Kumar-starrer on Prithiviraj Chauhan [Rashtriya Pravasi Parishad (Regd) and Ors v Union of India and Ors]..A Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Neena Bansal Krishna said that it will not issue notice on the PIL and threatened to impose costs, after which the counsel withdrew the petition..The petition, filed by an NGO named Rashtriya Pravasi Parishad, argued that the movie is simply titled Prithviraj, which is an affront to the king who ruled a large part of India with Delhi as his capital.“We only want the movie to have a suitable title to honour the king who ruled for nearly 26 years. In its present form, the movie is lowering the dignity of King Prithviraj Chauhan. This is in contravention of laws and therefore hurts the sentiments of the people,” the counsel argued.The petitioners had arrayed the Union of India as well as the filmmakers as respondents in the case..The movie is set to release on April 1. Apart from Kumar, it also stars Manushi Chhillar, Sanjay Dutt, Ashutosh Rana and Ali Fazal, among many others..The Supreme Court recently refused to stall the release of Alia-Bhatt starrer Gangubai Kathiawadi, which was released on February 25. This, after the Court asked during a previous hearing if it was possible to change the title of the movie.